Heinrich von Dampierre

Heinrich von Dampierre (1580-8 October 1620) was an Imperial field marshal at the start of the Thirty Years' War.

Biography
Heinrich von Dampierre was born at Chateau Hans in Champagne, France in 1580, and he first served under Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II in Hungary and Transylvania. In 1604, he was expelled from Transylvania by Stephan Bocskay, and he failed to hold Gran from the Turks in 1605. During the Bohemian Revolt in 1618, Dampierre captured Bistrita, and, a year later, he relieved Vienna from a Protestant siege. In 1620, he and 10,000 troops attempted to launch a surprise attack on Pressburg, but Dampierre was killed and his head cut off.